Gabriela Mistral Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, also known as Gabriela Mistral, is one of the most respected and influential people in Chilean history. She was a feminist and an educator, but is most recognized for his work in poetry. She was the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for her works. She won the Nobel prize for Literature 1945 for her poetry which themes were usually nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences (Wikipedia). Below is one of her poems, The Sad Mother.
Sleep, sleep, my beloved,
without worry, without fear,
although my soul does not sleep,
although I do not rest.
Sleep, sleep, and in the night
may your whispers be softer
than a leaf of grass,
or the silken fleece of lambs.
May my flesh slumber in you,
my worry, my trembling.
In you, may my eyes close
and my heart sleep.
(Mistral)
Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, also known as Gabriela Mistral, is one of the most respected and influential people in Chilean history. She was a feminist and an educator, but is most recognized for his work in poetry. She was the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for her works. She won the Nobel prize for Literature 1945 for her poetry which themes were usually nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences (Wikipedia). Below is one of her poems, The Sad Mother.
Sleep, sleep, my beloved,
without worry, without fear,
although my soul does not sleep,
although I do not rest.
Sleep, sleep, and in the night
may your whispers be softer
than a leaf of grass,
or the silken fleece of lambs.
May my flesh slumber in you,
my worry, my trembling.
In you, may my eyes close
and my heart sleep.
(Mistral)